Improvement in children s carriages



l. H. BROWN.

Ch'ildrens Carriages.

Patented July 14,1874.

No.l53,044.

Inventor: /0M drmwru NE GRAPHIC 0O. PHOTO'LITHBQ K PARK PLACEJLL' UNITED STATES PATENT O EIoE.

JOHN H. BROWVN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN CHILDRENS CARRIAGES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 153,044, dated July 14, 1874; application filed J one 3, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN H. BROWN, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Childrens Carriages, of which the following is a specification:

This invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which' Figure 1 represents a longitudinal section of this carriage when the same is contracted.

Fig. 2 is a similar section of the same when it is extended.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination of an extension-slide, with the box of a childrens carriage, in such a manner that when the extension-slide is pushed in, and the seat is in its usual position, the carriage assumes the ordinary shape of a childrens carriage, but when the extension-slide is drawn out, and the seat is dropped or removed, the child occupying the carriage can convei'iiently lie down.

In the drawing, the letter A designates the rear port-ion of the box of a childrens carriage, which is made in two parts, said rear part be ing firmly secured to the sills C, while the front part B of the box is secured to slides D, so that the same can be pushed in to the position shown in Fig. 2. The slides D are contiguous to the inner surfaces-of the sills C, and they move in suitable guide-grooves in the cross-bars E, and they are provided with stops 0, which prevent their being drawn out beyond the desired point. From said slides rise braces b, which support the front part B of the box. The seat F is made in two parts, which are connected by hinge-joints 0, so that the same can be brought in the position shown in Fig. 1, or that they can be straightened out to the position shown in Fig. 2. A piece, G, of stout cloth, or other suitable material, ex-

tends from the front part B of the box to the rear part A, being connected to the same by straps d, which are preferably made of an elastic material, so that they serye to keep the cloth Gr stretched when the extensionslide is pushed in. The back edge of the seat is retained by a rib, e, which catches over the back ends of slats f, secured to the bottom of the box, and to the sides of said box are fastened slats g, which support the seat when the same is straightened out to the position shown in Fig. 2. The sills O are connected to the axles H by two springs, I, behind, and one spring, J, in front, and in order to steady the front axle I have applied to it braces K, which catch in eyes h secured to the sills.

When the seat is folded, as shown in Fig. 1, and the extension-slide B D is pushed in, the carriage has the appearance of an ordinary childrens carriage; but when the extensionslide is drawn out, and the seat is brought in the position shown in Fig. 2, the child occupying the carriage can be conveniently laid down.

If desired, an additional seat may be fastened to the front part B of the box, so that, when said front part is drawn out, the carriage has convenient room for two children, one on the back seat, and one on the front seat.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination of an extension-slide, B D, with the box of a childrens carriage, construct-- ed to operate substantially in the manner shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing 1 have hereunto set my hand and seal.

JOHN H. BROWN. [L. s] IVitnesses:

CHAS. WAHLERs, E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

